Gustav Adolf von Bennigsen

Gustav Adolph von Bennigsen , modernized Gustav Adolf von Bennigsen , (born August 11, 1716 in Leipnitz , † August 3, 1784 in Dresden ) was a lieutenant general from Electoral Saxony .

Life

origin

Gustav Adolf was a member of the widespread noble family von Bennigsen . His parents were Wolf Erich von Bennigsen (1657–1736) and Charlotte Eleonore Vitzthum von Eckstädt (1682–1747).

career

Bennigsen was a silver page at the electoral court in 1735 before joining the Saxon army . In 1739 he was already a lieutenant in Infantry Regiment No. 3 . He then rose to the position of captain in 1743 and moved as a major to Infantry Regiment No. 4 in 1746 . Here he advanced to lieutenant colonel in 1751 . The following year he became Lieutenant Captain of the Cadets . In 1756 he was promoted to colonel and joined the Electoral Saxon Infantry Regiment No. 10 . He took part in the Seven Years' War , during which he was promoted to major general in 1761 and was able to stand out for his bravery , especially in the battle near Lutterberg in 1762 . In 1763 he returned to the cadet company as a captain (= boss ). In 1767 he was also General Inspector of the Infantry and in 1768 also Knight of the Order of Henry . Bennigsen was promoted to lieutenant general in 1777 and finally became chief of the Kursächsisches Infantryregiment Nr. 13 in 1781 .

literature

• Johann Friedrich Seyfart : The impartial history of the Bavarian War of Succession , Leipzig 1780, p. 507, FN 735
• Heinrich August Verlohren: Root register and chronicle of the Electoral and Royal Saxon Army. Degener & Co , Neustadt an der Aisch 1983, p. 121

Individual evidence

1. ^ Genealogical paperback of the primeval nobility. Volume 2, Brno 1893, pp. 26-27.
2. ↑ Royal. Polish and Elector Saxon Court and State Calendar to the year 1735 , p. 88.
3. ↑ Churfürstlich-Sächsischer Hof- und Staatscalender , Leipzig 1777, p. 211.
4. ^ Gottlob Friedrich Krebel: European genealogical manual , Leipzig 1768, p. 189.